Translated by Serena Love

Edited by Azure

Chapter 26 (2): Sugar Rabbits

Tang Qiaoqiao's phone kept ringing. Brother Qian was very shocked and kept asking whether the relationship between Tang Qiaoqiao and the Tang family was true.

Tang Qiaoqiao thought that there was no need to hide from her agent at this time, so she told the truth.

Brother Qian regretted it to death. He felt that he held a golden nest in his hand but treated her as a broken stone. If he had known that she had such a good background and story, and if they had hyped it, Tang Qiaoqiao might have become popular earlier.

However, Tang Qiaoqiao refused to let Brother Qian continue to use this as a marketing promotion point and asked him not to respond to any media interviews.

Because too much is too late, frequent occurrences of the same news would arouse hatred among netizens.

The Tang family also made dozens of death-threatening calls, but she didn't answer any of them. Let them jump around for a while.

But one person's phone call had to be answered.

Aunt Wang: "It's the madam’s video call."

At that time, Tang Qiaoqiao and Shen Yue were having a snack—ice jelly, which she prepared and refrigerated in the morning. It was covered with chopped walnuts and hawthorn, chopped raisins, goji berries, as well as diced watermelon, and cantaloupe. Finally, it was topped with a circle of brown sugar sauce. The color was really beautiful.

At noon in the summer, eating a bowl of ice-cold, tender, and sweet ice jelly dessert can not only produce body fluids and relieve heat but also cools down the body, just to reduce the hot air caused by Tang Rou's troubles.

When Tang Qiaoqiao learned that Shen Yue's mother had called, she swallowed a mouthful of ice jelly.

Shen Yue originally wanted to wait until they had finished eating, but Aunt Wang had already connected the phone and projected it on the TV in the living room.

So an old lady with a bright smile appeared on the big screen and met face-to-face with two people holding ice jelly.

Madam Shen gave birth to Shen Yue when she was 42 years old. She was much older now, but she still looked very tough. Her hair was dyed jet black, and she wore a long colorful skirt. She looked very reluctant to be an old lady.

Madam Shen: "You just had lunch. I forgot that I am in Australia, and there is a two-hour time difference with you."

Shen Yue calmly replied, "It's not lunch."

"What did you eat? Show me. Let me have a look." Old lady Shen looked very happy.

It was inconvenient for Shen Yue to move, so Tang Qiaoqiao held the bowl to the screen and said with a sweet smile, "It's ice jelly."

"It's the Sichuan snack, ice jelly!" Madam Shen exclaimed with her eyes open wide. "I want to eat ice jelly, but I just can't eat authentic snacks when I am in foreign countries. I have to eat steaks every day."

The old lady Shen was too greedy. Her eyes seemed to jump out of the screen to try their food.

Shen Yue had long been accustomed to his mother's nerve-jumping appearance. He even deliberately gulped his ice jelly to show off.

Madam Shen said bitterly, "Unfilial son, turn over if you want to eat. Who wants to see you anyway? I want to see my daughter-in-law." Tang Qiaoqiao rubbed her nose a little embarrassedly. According to Madam Shen's age, she could call her Grandma, but it's worse than that.

She couldn't call her mother.

Since the original owner had never spoken to her, she followed the original owner and called, "Hello, madam."

"Really good." The old lady Shen didn't mind these vain names and looked at her lovingly.

"You must have made these things. I have heard that Aunt Wang said that you have been taking care of Shen Yue's diet these days."

"It's nothing. When you come back, I can make them for you."

"You said it, so it's settled. I must taste your craftsmanship when I return to China in a while."

Old lady Shen sighed lightly, "I know the most about the meat that fell from my own body. Since he was a child, he has been a bad-tempered person. If it's something that doesn't match his appetite, he won't take a bite even if he is threatened with death. Now I think he's a bit fatter than a while ago, and it's all your credit."

Shen Yue was exposed by his mother and frowned. "Mom, what nonsense are you saying?"

Madam Shen's voice was very loud. "What? You are my son. Can't I say it?" Shen Yue looked at Tang Qiaoqiao a little uncomfortably but saw that the corners of Tang Qiaoqiao's mouth were raised. Her smile was as bright as a rose.

Tang Qiaoqiao looked at the mother and son bickering across the screen and couldn't help but laugh. It was really rare to see such a helpless expression on Shen Yue's face.

Madam Shen's eyes rolled back and forth from Shen Yue to Tang Qiaoqiao, with an ambiguous smile on her face. This daughter-in-law was really good for her son.

The little girl looked so swift, she smiled sweetly, and she became cuter and cuter the more she looked at her.

Such a lovely girl had such a pitiful life experience. She was obviously a wealthy daughter, but she had been ruthlessly tossed by fate for so many years.

That's right, Madam Shen called because of those things on Weibo. When she heard the news, she was shocked for a while. She was even more shocked that there were still such parents in the world.

She said solemnly, "I already knew about that."

Tang Qiaoqiao guessed the purpose of Madam Shen's call and asked, "Madam doesn't blame me?"

"How can I blame you? It's not your fault for concealing your identity. I blame your parents for being too cruel." After all, the Tang couple made up their minds to marry her off from the beginning.

Madam Shen was so sensible. Tang Qiaoqiao had a more favorable impression of her.

She continued, "Don't worry about your parents making trouble for you. If someone bullies you, just tell me, and I will fight back for you.

Whether you are a real daughter of the Tang family or a fake daughter, whether you grew up in the country or if you came from a prestigious school, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is that you, husband and wife, can be kind and loving to each other. It is best if I could hug my grandson sooner."

When Tang Qiaoqiao heard this, she accidentally choked on the ice jelly and suddenly coughed violently. After that, she couldn't breathe for a moment.

"So stupid, you can even choke when you eat ice jelly," Shen Yue immediately picked up a water glass beside him and handed it to her, "Drink water."

Tang Qiaoqiao held her chest and took a sip of water before slowly getting herself together. At this time, she found that she was holding Shen Yue's water glass in her hand.

Shen Yue loved cleanliness and never shared eating utensils with others. At this moment, for her, he even gave her his own water cup. Seeing the nervous expression on his face, Tang Qiaoqiao felt warm.

Madam Shen looked at the two of them on the other end of the screen, showing an expression "I understand."

She felt that her hope would be realized soon.

After talking on the video call with Madam Shen, Tang Qiaoqiao massaged Shen Yue again and then started acupuncture. This time her technique became more proficient, and Shen Yue no longer resisted her.

"Acupuncture and moxibustion a few more times, then we will try to do some rehabilitation exercises. Next, we should get a doctor to have a comprehensive examination."

Shen Yue didn't listen carefully, just watched her soft little hands on his legs. He suddenly remembered the words "hold a grandson" that his mother said just now.

He felt uncomfortable inexplicably and turned his face away from looking at her. But it made the touch of her hand touching his skin became clearer, and his whole body seemed to be electrocuted.

Tang Qiaoqiao glanced at him strangely. "Why is your face red?"

Shen Yue's complexion was originally white, so the reddish hue became more conspicuous.

Shen Yue pressed his fist against his mouth and coughed slightly, "You pressed too hard. Just press it again."

"Yes~" Tang Qiaoqiao was not angry and deliberately stretched her tone, "Master Shen."

The passing Aunt Wang couldn't help but laugh. After laughing, she thought that the relationship between husband and wife was getting better and better.

The two people were sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows, and some sunlight shone on them through the glass. The image of the handsome man and woman was as beautiful as a painting.

The woman massaged his legs intently, and the man's eyes softened even though she could not see it.

Aunt Wang was sure that the master didn't even know that his eyes had changed when he looked at his wife.

The turmoil caused by the sneak shots of Shen Liang and Tang Rou lasted for most of the day. However, the Tangda Group and the Shen Group both began to control public opinion, and the situation did not develop further. Netizens could only speculate.

But there were also unexpected gains. Tang Qiaoqiao's Weibo fans finally exceeded one million.

It was the first million fans of her life. The large number of fans gave her a steady stream of spiritual power and support. Tang Qiaoqiao was very grateful, and she wanted to make a special gift for her lovely fans. Brother Qian also suggested that she organize a lottery for the fans.

Tang Qiaoqiao decided to make two snacks personally and asked fans to forward her post in order to enter the lottery.

As soon as Tang Qiaoqiao opened her Weibo live broadcast, more than 100,000 fans immediately flooded in. Among them were both her fans and people who came to watch the excitement. After all, it was the first public appearance among the parties involved in the storm.

【Qiao Bao is going to live broadcast cooking food again. What are you going to cook today? I'm looking forward to it】

【Qiao Bao has a million followers. Asking for welfare】

【Tang Qiaoqiao, what is the matter with Tang Rou and Shen Liang? Please explain clearly】

【She posted an unintelligible Weibo, pitting others miserably then turning her head like nothing happen】

【The previous few, get out of Qiao Bao's live broadcast room, okay? If you don't understand Weibo, it's because you don't have a brain. She has to explain fart】

Tang Qiaoqiao skipped some discordant comments in the live broadcast room and said with a smile, "Today, my fans broke one million. To thank my lovely sugar rabbits, I will make two snacks for you today."

Sugar Rabbits was the name of her fan group. "Sugar" is a homonym for her surname, and the word "Qiaoqiao" was a homonym for "Jojo" from "Jojo Rabbit." Fans also say that she was as cute as a rabbit.

[T/N: MC's surname is 唐 (Tang), which means offense. But there is another Tang (糖) which means sugar.]

Tang Qiaoqiao immediately adopted such a beautiful name.

The fans didn't say that the rabbit is still a cute but powerful animal, just like Tang Qiaoqiao.

But it is better not to tell her, or she would be aggrieved again.

"I will let you choose the gift. Do you like salty or sweet snacks?"

When the fans heard that Tang Qiaoqiao is going to send some snacks she made herself, the barrage went crazy.

【I want sweet. Sweet snacks are the right way】

【I want to eat savory. Too sweet is a heresy】

【Qiao Bao, I eat everything. I won't choose】

It was difficult to pick, so Tang Qiaoqiao thought for a while and decided to make two different flavors, one sweet and the other salty.

The sweet snack was the lotus crisp which could be use as desserts.

People nowadays mostly use food coloring directly for convenience, but it was not too troublesome for Tang Qiaoqiao. She used sweet radish and spinach from her vegetable garden to squeeze out two colors of pink and green.

The vegetable juice was added to the dough separately with lard and water, which would be used to form a dough, which would make it watery and has oily skin.

The pink dough was cute, and the green dough was fresh. She put it aside and let it rise for a while.

Puff pastry dough was indispensable for this snack, and it was best when made with white lard. She added the lard to the flour, kneaded it thoroughly, until there was no dry place, and divided it into small pieces.

After all the dough was raised, she divided it into even-sized pieces and rolled it.

Then she wrapped the puff pastry dough into the colorful dough, flattened it, folded it several times, and rolled it flat, and then added the stuffing.

This time, Tang Qiaoqiao chose coconut paste and egg yolk filling. After the butter was softened, she added egg yolk, sugar, coconut, and milk. Then mixed well and kneaded it into small yellow balls.

Then she wrapped the small yellow ball in the puff pastry and kneaded it into a round ball.

Next, she used a knife to mark the "petals" on the top of the round ball, and finally, the most critical step, deep frying.

Tang Qiaoqiao reached out to test the temperature of the oil, then put the round balls in the oil pan to fry. The fire should not be too high. During the frying process, the round balls would slowly bloom into the shape of a lotus. Because the puff pastry had been folded many times, the petals were layered, thin, and crisp.

When the lotus bloomed completely, it could be taken out from the fryer.

In order to let the fans see the process of lotus cake blooming more clearly, Tang Qiaoqiao lifted her mobile phone and showed them the fryer.

【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!】

【Too beautiful. Like real lotus flowers. I want to eat it】

As the salty snack, Tang Qiaoqiao chose to make curry puffs.

Curry puffs used the same dough as lotus crisps. They also needed to use puff pastry, except that the stuffing was beef cooked with curry and onion.

She wrapped the cooked stuffing into the puff pastry like a dumpling, forming a twist-shaped pattern along the edge.

Curry puffs are not fried but baked.

In order to make the finished product more beautiful, before putting it in the oven, Tang Qiaoqiao coated each curry puff with a layer of egg yolk so that the baked dumplings were more golden and crispy.

【Oh oh oh, this curry puff looks more tempting. I love salty snacks. I love the curry beef. Take me out, my goddess】

【I can smell the scent. There is something wrong. Where is the pastry?】

【This girl is willing to be a vegetarian for a month. God, just let me win】

【Ah ah ah, Qiao Bao, you must draw me】

【I want lotus crisps the most. It looks so good】

【How many delicious recipes does Qiaoqiao still have? She could make this snack, her skill is so strong】

Tang Qiaoqiao wiped her hands after she finished and smiled at the camera, "Today's portion is limited. Only fifty people will be selected. Each person gets a lotus crisp and a curry puff, plus my autographed photo. The lottery will be drawn in half an hour. Everyone, please pay attention to your private messages. Please provide the address immediately when you are drawn, because these need to be sent out immediately. This snack should also be eaten on the same day."

So the fans all flocked to Tang Qiaoqiao's latest post and reposted it on Weibo. The comments and likes were as long as dragons. Just for the food, all the tricks of praying for blessings were used. Soon this Weibo post broke through ten thousand reposts.

What was more unexpected was that Mao Li reposted on her official Weibo, and said very coldly, "Pick me."

Fans fell down in circles.

Then, Wei Yiqi and Hu Miao were not to be outdone and rushed to participate. As celebrities, their comments have weight. Their repostings quickly became popular comments.

Fans replied one after another.

【???】

【All of you have eaten Qiaoqiao's dishes. Why do you want to grab a snack with us?】

【I'm going to compete with stars like Mao Li, Hu Miao, and Wei Yiqi in this draw. I'll see you guys later】

【Really? More people are forwarding it? This chance is like buying a lottery ticket】

Shen Yue also joined Tang Qiaoqiao's lottery. Although she got him a share of lotus crisps and curry puffs, Shen Yue felt very upset at the thought of the two big men, Wei Yiqi and Hu Miao, joining the lottery.

So he also reposted it. It didn't matter if he missed it. He just tried to lower the winning chance of those two men.

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Translator Note:

Ice Jelly or Bing fen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcIq1YveUZA&t=1s

Lotus Crisp - It's in Chinese, but has English subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUmE_nazzc&feature=emb_title

Curry Puff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7jf61U_5X0&feature=emb_title

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